Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 2-14

  Abramitzky, Ran ^a,b   Boustan, Leah Platt ^b,c   Eriksson, Katherine ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

19th century; Childhood environment; Migration; Selection; Wealth

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERNAL MIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877608520     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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